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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#37926: Sep 21st 2020 at 2:49:00 PM

It was great seeing them react to some of the older jokes they'd forgotten about, like the kid in the Tree of Might special XD

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#37927: Sep 24th 2020 at 8:52:09 AM

Something occurs to me: How did Raditz know that Goku was on Earth? Because in both Bardock: Father of Goku, and Broly, everyone who knew that Goku was being sent to Earth was on planet Vegeta when it exploded.

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#37928: Sep 24th 2020 at 9:05:36 AM

Well, when he first introduced himself, he knew it because that was the plan. Goku was sent to Earth to conquer it on behalf of their race, so they could sell it to the highest bidder.

After several layers of retcons, who knows?

jouXIII The One Who Knows Many Things from Between the Multiverses (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#37929: Sep 24th 2020 at 9:10:36 AM

It was explained in Broly that Gine(Gokū and Raditz's mother) contacted Raditz between of sending Gokū to Earth and Freeza destroying the planet and informed that Gokū was sent out to space in a pod, meaning she most likely also mentioned where they exactly sent Gokū.

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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#37930: Sep 24th 2020 at 3:49:12 PM

And Raditz remembered where that low-level planet was... decades later... after fighting in likely several wars under Freeza's regime... and kept it on his scouter because any other planet libraries the Saiyans had blew up with their planet...

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#37931: Sep 24th 2020 at 4:14:44 PM

I assume it's because Raditz picked up on a Saiyan's power level while he was somewhere in the solar system and decided "Cool, a Saiyan's here. Is it Kakarot? Let's see."

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#37932: Sep 24th 2020 at 5:23:10 PM

We know why Raditz suddenly remembered Kakarot, they were about to attack a planet that Raditz thought 3 Saiyans might have had trouble with, but 4 could handle, and so he remembered that he had a worthless little brother who was sent to Earth shortly before Planet Vegeta went boom.

According to some material, that planet Raditz was so worried about is the same planet that Vegeta and Nappa were shown on, eating the populace. Apparently, Raditz is just a worrywart, and Vegeta and Nappa sent him off to get Kakarot so he wouldn't get in their way.

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#37933: Sep 26th 2020 at 9:26:15 AM

Oh that's sad. Vegeta probably sent Raditz to get Kakarot so he wouldn't bother them because if i recall correctly, Nappa at least cared for Raditz.

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#37934: Sep 26th 2020 at 3:09:14 PM

Going back to the "Buu kills Popo" post a while ago, I really can't see them doing that with their Creator's Pet, O.C. Stand-in version of Popo. Probably another good reason they didn't pull the trigger on the Buu Saga. I could be wrong though, and they were going to to use that as the "Look how strong Majin Buu is" moment.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#37936: Sep 26th 2020 at 3:15:51 PM

Since he reached the top of the Pecking Order, I assume.

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#37937: Sep 26th 2020 at 3:17:39 PM

[up][up] Is this not a popular opinion? Didn't they say he's canonically some Xenoverse character in disguise? Either way the whole omnipotent scary guy gag got a little old after a while.

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Pokesamus Since: Aug, 2016
#37938: Sep 26th 2020 at 3:40:26 PM

Being a creator’s pet requires them to be seen as unpopular. Which I’m 98% sure Popo isn’t.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37939: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:09:16 PM

Okay, O.C. Stand-in I see it, as abridging is a specific kind of fanwork, but as pointed out, Creator's Pet requires a character to be unpopular, and DBZA Popo isn't.

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#37940: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:16:39 PM

Anyway, I'm pretty sure they talked about editing popo out of that scene at one point.

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#37941: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:18:55 PM

I'm surprised there hasn't been a more negative reaction to Popo due him being a racist caricature of a black person

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37942: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:23:46 PM

He looks like a racist caricature of a black person and was made by a Japanese man in the late 80's.

Not the only one, granted, but Officer Black had his appereance fixed for one of the movies when Toei and Toriyama (assume he did the new design) realized they kind of fucked up there.

Popo didn't get a new design, I assume, because he's meant to be a genie of some sort, while Officer Black is very much a human.

Anyway, Dragon Ball has a large Black fanbase, so I assume in this case it isn't a matter of people actually complaining and no one listening.

I could be wrong, though.

Edited by HailMuffins on Sep 26th 2020 at 8:24:20 AM

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#37943: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:25:24 PM

I think they turned his skin blue as a bandaid,I definitely remember a gag about it

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terumokou Pitiable and Illegally Dumped Object from In a bamboo forest full of bunnies, California Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Mu
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#37944: Sep 26th 2020 at 5:02:40 PM

That was 4Kids though. Which I don't have to explain why they made Popo blue.

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terumokou Pitiable and Illegally Dumped Object from In a bamboo forest full of bunnies, California Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Mu
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#37945: Sep 27th 2020 at 10:43:59 PM

https://twitter.com/teamfourstar/status/1309900544404680704?s=20

Basically Kaiser and @Spooky Chris R (the guy that did the models for the Shortz) experimenting with what I think is the lobby models for Fighter Z?

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#37947: Oct 3rd 2020 at 11:44:15 AM

Now, I'm curious. What music did Vegeta expect to play?

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#37948: Oct 3rd 2020 at 11:50:11 AM

This obviously

Edited by Moth13 on Oct 3rd 2020 at 2:53:39 PM

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#37949: Oct 3rd 2020 at 7:02:08 PM

That is still the funniest moment in this entire series.

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#37950: Oct 4th 2020 at 5:24:12 AM

'Suck it, Jabroni' will never not make me smile.


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